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Switzerland - Urban Population 1970

Name: Switzerland Urban Population 1970
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

57.43% +0.53% from 1969 Global rank: 155th

Switzerland's urban population was 57.43% in 1970, increased +0.53% from 56.90% in 1969. This was the 155th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1970▾

Urban Population by Country - 1970
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	2.88%	4.6%
2nd	Bhutan	3.16%	5.2%
3rd	Rwanda	3.24%	3.0%
4th	Nepal	3.93%	1.5%
5th	Malawi	5.73%	6.5%
6th	Burkina Faso	5.91%	1.6%
7th	Yemen, Republic of	6.02%	6.2%
8th	Uganda	6.17%	1.4%
9th	Tanzania	6.26%	11.5%
10th	Solomon Islands	7.13%	7.6%
11th	Mozambique	7.26%	7.4%
12th	Bangladesh	7.38%	4.4%
13th	South Sudan	8.52%	-0.1%
14th	Botswana	9.00%	13.5%
15th	Niger	9.06%	6.8%
16th	Lesotho	9.22%	6.3%
17th	Lao PDR	9.48%	3.8%
18th	Eswatini	10.06%	8.7%
19th	Kenya	10.14%	3.2%
20th	Papua New Guinea	10.24%	13.1%
21st	Mali	10.76%	3.6%
22nd	Vanuatu	11.04%	3.3%
23rd	Afghanistan	11.23%	3.5%
24th	Chad	11.31%	5.7%
25th	Maldives	11.91%	2.4%
26th	Timor-Leste	12.19%	3.0%
27th	Eritrea	12.79%	1.5%
28th	Gambia, The	13.16%	7.8%
29th	Thailand	13.29%	1.6%
30th	Madagascar	14.09%	2.7%
31st	Tuvalu	14.46%	0.6%
32nd	Angola	14.49%	3.7%
33rd	Guinea-Bissau	14.96%	0.8%
34th	Mauritania	15.10%	7.5%
35th	British Virgin Islands	16.51%	3.2%
36th	Indonesia	16.80%	1.6%
37th	Guinea	17.04%	5.3%
38th	China	17.38%	-0.7%
39th	Zimbabwe	17.41%	3.0%
40th	Sudan	17.50%	2.7%
41st	Cambodia	17.60%	25.7%
42nd	Benin	17.73%	6.1%
43rd	Liechtenstein	18.39%	-0.6%
44th	Haiti	19.27%	2.3%
45th	Cabo Verde	19.34%	5.7%
46th	India	19.72%	1.2%
47th	Comoros	19.77%	2.0%
48th	Tonga	20.19%	0.1%
49th	Nigeria	20.22%	3.4%
50th	Cameroon	20.30%	4.6%
51st	Samoa	20.35%	1.5%
52nd	Viet Nam	20.69%	0.3%
53rd	Togo	21.37%	2.8%
54th	St. Lucia	22.09%	1.1%
55th	Sri Lanka	22.28%	1.5%
56th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	23.24%	2.5%
57th	Myanmar	23.31%	1.3%
58th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	24.04%	1.0%
59th	Sierra Leone	24.36%	3.5%
60th	Virgin Islands (US)	24.42%	-1.9%
61st	Kiribati	24.53%	1.4%
62nd	Pakistan	24.82%	1.0%
63rd	Namibia	24.94%	0.4%
64th	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.17%	0.7%
65th	Liberia	26.09%	3.3%
66th	Equatorial Guinea	26.20%	0.0%
67th	Kosovo	26.40%	2.8%
68th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.26%	3.3%
69th	Central African Republic	27.62%	4.3%
70th	Faroe Islands	27.99%	2.1%
71st	Côte d'Ivoire	28.19%	2.3%
72nd	Honduras	28.62%	3.0%
73rd	Ghana	28.99%	1.2%
74th	Malaysia	29.43%	1.1%
75th	São Tomé and Principe	29.76%	3.3%
76th	Guyana	30.12%	0.0%
77th	Türkiye	30.25%	3.7%
78th	Zambia	30.65%	4.2%
79th	Senegal	31.29%	2.8%
80th	Albania	31.62%	0.4%
81st	Philippines	31.86%	0.7%
82nd	Moldova	31.96%	2.8%
83rd	Gabon	32.00%	7.4%
84th	Grenada	32.22%	0.3%
85th	Oman	33.17%	6.8%
86th	Montenegro	33.49%	2.7%
87th	Antigua and Barbuda	33.67%	-0.3%
88th	St. Kitts and Nevis	34.20%	1.0%
89th	Morocco	34.49%	1.7%
90th	Portugal	35.22%	1.5%
91st	Fiji	35.30%	1.2%
92nd	Channel Islands	35.36%	-1.2%
93rd	Guatemala	36.01%	0.8%
94th	Uzbekistan	36.65%	0.2%
95th	Paraguay	36.97%	0.5%
96th	Slovenia	36.97%	2.6%
97th	Tajikistan	37.11%	0.0%
98th	Kyrgyz Republic	37.49%	0.4%
99th	Congo, Republic of	38.32%	0.7%
100th	Dominica	38.54%	0.3%
101st	Seychelles	38.71%	4.0%
102nd	Trinidad and Tobago	38.81%	5.0%
103rd	Costa Rica	38.82%	2.0%
104th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	39.16%	0.7%
105th	Ecuador	39.33%	1.1%
106th	El Salvador	39.40%	0.3%
107th	Algeria	39.60%	0.3%
108th	Serbia	39.98%	2.4%
109th	Cyprus	40.08%	1.2%
110th	Dominican Republic	40.25%	2.7%
111th	Croatia	40.36%	2.4%
112th	Korea	40.71%	5.2%
113th	Slovak Republic	41.01%	2.3%
114th	Jamaica	41.43%	2.0%
115th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	41.53%	2.2%
116th	Romania	42.03%	2.3%
117th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.57%	0.8%
118th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	43.01%	0.3%
119th	Syrian Arab Republic	43.40%	0.8%
120th	Mauritius	43.95%	0.4%
121st	Belarus	43.97%	3.0%
122nd	Tunisia	44.65%	3.0%
123rd	Mongolia	44.99%	1.5%
124th	Barbados	45.32%	1.8%
125th	Libya	45.83%	11.8%
126th	Nicaragua	47.28%	1.6%
127th	North Macedonia	47.43%	2.3%
128th	Panama	47.62%	0.8%
129th	South Africa	47.78%	0.2%
130th	Turkmenistan	47.90%	0.0%
131st	Georgia	47.95%	0.7%
132nd	Saudi Arabia	49.17%	4.4%
133rd	Azerbaijan	50.20%	0.4%
134th	Kazakhstan	50.46%	0.9%
135th	Lithuania	50.64%	2.6%
136th	Jordan	50.76%	1.6%
137th	Turks and Caicos Islands	51.07%	0.8%
138th	New Caledonia	51.53%	2.0%
139th	Austria	51.65%	0.4%
140th	Ireland	51.85%	1.1%
141st	Poland	52.07%	0.8%
142nd	Bulgaria	52.32%	3.4%
143rd	Brazil	53.18%	1.9%
144th	French Polynesia	53.25%	2.1%
145th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	54.20%	1.8%
146th	Belize	54.25%	0.0%
147th	Marshall Islands	54.30%	6.5%
148th	American Samoa	54.60%	2.5%
149th	Ukraine	54.85%	1.4%
150th	West Bank and Gaza	55.02%	2.1%
151st	Hungary	55.30%	0.4%
152nd	Isle of Man	55.90%	-0.4%
153rd	Puerto Rico (US)	56.75%	2.1%
154th	Iraq	56.97%	1.9%
155th	Switzerland	57.43%	0.9%
156th	Peru	57.69%	2.0%
157th	Colombia	58.17%	1.8%
158th	Palau	58.33%	1.7%
159th	Mexico	59.03%	1.3%
160th	Lebanon	59.53%	2.7%
161st	San Marino	59.80%	2.5%
162nd	Armenia	59.87%	1.9%
163rd	Cuba	60.26%	0.5%
164th	Finland	60.26%	0.6%
165th	Netherlands	62.09%	0.5%
166th	Aruba	62.41%	0.8%
167th	Russian Federation	62.58%	1.3%
168th	Latvia	62.73%	0.9%
169th	Djibouti	63.12%	2.1%
170th	Brunei Darussalam	63.24%	1.5%
171st	Greece	64.32%	1.2%
172nd	Czechia	64.36%	0.8%
173rd	Bahamas, The	64.36%	1.4%
174th	Italy	64.46%	0.6%
175th	European Union	64.63%	0.8%
176th	Estonia	65.17%	0.8%
177th	Norway	65.63%	1.9%
178th	Suriname	65.92%	0.0%
179th	Spain	66.16%	1.2%
180th	Belgium	70.63%	0.7%
181st	France	71.36%	0.8%
182nd	Japan	71.86%	1.1%
183rd	Greenland	73.09%	0.7%
184th	United States	73.50%	0.1%
185th	Luxembourg	74.34%	0.7%
186th	Chile	75.26%	0.9%
187th	Canada	75.95%	0.5%
188th	United Kingdom	76.92%	-0.1%
189th	Qatar	77.00%	1.1%
190th	Andorra	77.65%	2.6%
191st	Bahrain	78.31%	-0.8%
192nd	Argentina	78.76%	0.7%
193rd	Curaçao	78.82%	0.4%
194th	Germany	79.66%	0.1%
195th	Denmark	79.73%	0.7%
196th	Northern Mariana Islands	80.07%	-0.2%
197th	New Zealand	80.45%	3.3%
198th	Kuwait	80.49%	0.6%
199th	United Arab Emirates	81.22%	0.9%
200th	Sweden	81.24%	0.7%
201st	Uruguay	81.98%	0.2%
202nd	Israel	84.31%	0.7%
203rd	Iceland	85.04%	0.3%
204th	Australia	85.27%	0.6%
205th	Hong Kong SAR, China	87.67%	0.4%
206th	Guam	88.73%	0.1%
207th	Malta	89.36%	0.0%
208th	Macao SAR, China	97.01%	0.2%
209th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
210th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
211th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
212th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
213th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
214th	Nauru	100.00%	0.0%
215th	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
216th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Switzerland's urban population in 1970?▾

Switzerland's urban population in 1970 was 57.43%. This ranked 155th globally.

How did Switzerland's urban population change in 1970?▾

Switzerland's urban population increased by 0.9% in 1970 compared to 1969.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1970?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1970 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Switzerland in 1970?▾

The urban population of Switzerland in 1970 was 57.43%. This ranked 155th globally.

How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Switzerland's urban population?▾

Switzerland's urban population went from 56.90% in 1969 to 57.43% in 1970, a 0.9% increase.

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